#DAD551#DAD551

#DAD551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.151 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD551
RGB	rgb(218, 213, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.49, -14.22, 63.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.49, 65.19, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(85.28% -0.0445 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(85.28% 0.151 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.1947, 63.0897, 17.1057)
Luminance	0.6309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD551 #5156DA

analogous

#DA9051 #DAD551 #9ADA51

triadic

#DAD551 #51DAD5 #D551DA

tetradic

#DAD551 #51DA90 #5156DA #DA519A

square

#DAD551 #51DA90 #5156DA #DA519A

split-complementary

#DAD551 #519ADA #9051DA

monochromatic

#928D1F #C4BE2A #DAD551 #E5E183 #EFEDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DAD551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#DAD551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD551

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD551	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 213, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.151 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e188',
    500: '#dad551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad551;
$custom-light: #e9e188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.81,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85277,
    "c": 0.15105,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD551

secondary

#393C97

accent

#46E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD551

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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